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AsMA NewsNews of Corporate Members February 2012 For more news of our Corporate and Sustaining Members, please visit the current Corporate Members page, which has links to their websites. Silberman to Provide Consultation Service via Pilot Medical Solutions Pilot Medical Solutions, Inc., announced that Dr. Warren S. Silberman will provide direct consultation to airmen via Pilot Medical Solutions' fee-for-service agreements to assist with its escalating clientele. Pilot Medical Solutions has seen a sharp rise in Special Issuance (waiver) certification in 2011 and welcomes Dr. Silberman's assistance. As former manager of the FAA Aeromedical Certification Division, Dr. Silberman will provide key insight to airmen seeking medical certification and assurance to applicants unfamiliar with FAA standards. As the FAA's aeromedical certification “chief,” Dr. Silberman was responsible for rules and regulations changed under his watch. Dr. Silberman served as the FAA Aeromedical Certification Chief for 14 years and was Manager of the Aerospace Medical Certification Division at the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute since June 1997. He served in the United States Army Medical Corps and Oklahoma Air National Guard as the State Air Surgeon until his retirement in 2005. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Preventive/Aerospace Medicine, a Fellow of the American Osteopathic College of Internists, American Osteopathic College of Occupational and Preventive Medicine, the Aerospace Medicine Association, and the Civil Aviation Medical Association. Dr. Silberman is a featured speaker and author, providing regular content for the Federal Air Surgeons Bulletin and co-authored the chapter on Civil Aviation Medicine in the Fundamentals of Aviation Medicine Textbook. Pilot Medical Solutions has built a solid reputation by providing confidential personalized service and hands-on medical case management. This expansion follows the increased demand for confidential aeromedical case management services pioneered by Pilot Medical Solutions. Pilot Medical Solutions has served the aviation community continuously since 1995. —Taken from a press release; for more information, please visit www.leftseat.com/drsilberman/default.htm. Baxter Responds to Patient Needs After Floods in Thailand Baxter International Inc. employees in the Asia Pacific region recently responded quickly to the urgent need for peritoneal dialysis therapy and intravenous solutions in the aftermath of recent severe floods in Thailand. When Thailand was hit by extreme rainfall and flooding in October and November 2011, Baxter took quick and decisive action to ensure that the affected area’s peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients still received delivery of PD therapy. To ensure that the country’s PD patients had access to the supplies needed for therapy regardless of where they were relocated, employees worked closely with distributors, PD centers, hospitals, and the government. Baxter also coordinated an emergency shipment of intravenous (IV) solutions to the country, provided survival kits to local residents, and offered assistance to Baxter employees impacted by the disaster. In addition, after local IV manufacturing plants closed due to the high floodwaters, the Thai government reached out to Baxter Thailand for emergency assistance. Baxter’s teams worked quickly to ship supplies of IV solutions to locations in need. In all, Baxter shipped 1.2 million containers of IV solutions, including 10,000 containers flown urgently through a partnership with Thai Airways. Baxter also established a Flood Employee Assistance Program to provide aid to Baxter employees in Thailand who had been affected. Despite experiencing flooding in their own homes, employees made time to give to others less fortunate, including conducting a fundraiser to help buy food for PD patients staying in a temporary shelter, and by creating and distributing survival packs to the areas residents, even wading through the water to make the deliveries. —Adapted from www.baxter.com/press_room/press_releases/2011/12_15_11_sustainability.html. HeartSine Wins Awards for New Brand Design HeartSine® Technologies, Inc., was recently honored with two 2011 Marcom Awards, presented by the Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals. HeartSine earned a Platinum Award for its Overall Rebranding Marketing Campaign and a Gold Award for the new corporate brochure created for the company. The MarCom Awards is an international competition that distinguishes creative achievement by marketing and communication professionals. The award sponsor, the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals, is a large international group of creative experts who selected HeartSine after reviewing over 6,000 entries. The new branding campaign was to create a consistent look and message platform for HeartSine as an international AED leader. Previous campaigns lacked consistency in how the company was positioned across global regions and marketing tactics. The new campaign unifies all of the company’s promotion programs. Now web, collateral, trade show, and online marketing programs all present a consistent and clear brand. —Found at www.heartsine.com/en/about/news/2011-marcom-awards/. ETC Awarded Navy ID/IQ Contract Environmental Tectonics Corporation (ETC) is 1 of approximately 10 small business firms awarded an indefinite- delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division’s (NAWCTSD) Training Systems Contract III (TSC III) Multiple Award Contract (MAC). The TSC III MAC, inclusive of all awarded contracts and ordering periods, has a not-toexceed value of $2,000,000,000. All future delivery orders under the TSC III MAC will be placed pursuant to the procedures at FAR 16.5. The Training Systems Contract (TSC) is a group of multiple award IDIQ contracts intended to furnish the Naval Air Systems Command Team a streamlined, quick reaction vehicle for the acquisition and support of training systems. The TSC program has been serving this requirement as a MAC since FY00 and is entering its third generation. The TSC III scope will encompass Training Systems design, development, production, test and evaluation, delivery, modification, and support. Included within this scope is complementary Instructional Systems Development (ISD) products and complementary Training Systems Support, which includes Interim Contractor Support (ICS) or Contractor Engineering & Technical Services (CETS) and provisioning for the Initial Support Period (ISP). The TSC III MAC will serve as a viable acquisition alternative to fulfill within scope U.S. Navy and Marine Corps training systems requirements and those derived from endusers and customers consistent with NAWCTSD’s mission. The base ordering period is 5 years, with two 1-year optional ordering periods. —Please see www.etcaircrewtraining.com/etcawarded-an-idiq-contract-from-the-u-s-navy. Spectrum Aeromed Provides Learning to Interns Since 2008, Spectrum Aeromed has partnered with North Dakota State University (NDSU) to create opportunity for students and employees through Operation Intern, a higher education program started in 2007 in North Dakota. This year Spectrum Aeromed provided five interns a chance to learn hands-on skills in both manufacturing and administration. Part of the program was also designed to expose North Dakota students to opportunities within the state for employment and various careers within each industry. U.S. students gained experience working with international clients and international students gained local experience at Spectrum Aeromed. According to Job Service of North Dakota statistics, North Dakota had over 17,000 job openings in September and that number is expected to increase. Programs like Operation Intern help keep talented students in the state and prepare them to join the workforce. —For more, see www.spectrum-aeromed.com/news/news_releases/north-dakota-state-universityinterns-learn-from-growing-company/. Wyle Provided Holiday Stockings to ISS Presents and holiday stockings, supplied by Wyle’s expert “space-rated” seamstresses, were delivered and hung aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to give astronauts that special feeling of home. The stockings and presents were delivered in November when the Progress 45P re-supply vehicle docked with the ISS. Each year, new stockings are made and customized for each astronaut and cosmonaut, and then flown to the International Space Station on a mission just before the holiday season. The stockings are personalized with their names, including Cyrillic font, and holiday scenes. Also, a holiday tree, fabricated by a team in Houston using various colors of flight-certified Nomex material, was launched to the International Space Station aboard the STS-112 shuttle mission in October 2002. Nomex is a non-flammable material used by Wyle for a wide range of storage needs about the Space Station and Space Shuttle. This service was part of Wyle’s 10-year Bioastronautics contract where the company provides a wide range of medical and health related services to NASA. Wyle’s Behavioral, Health and Performance section’s mission is to identify psychiatric, psychological, psychosocial, and psychophysiological factors that could impact extended-duration space missions and to develop countermeasures to facilitate adaptation to the space environment. Among many other areas, the Wyle section is responsible for supporting astronauts and their family members during all mission phases. Wyle personnel assist the astronauts in monitoring and maintaining their behavioral health, well-being, and performance during ISS and Shuttle missions. —Adapted from www.wyle.com/News/Pages/12-20-2011.aspx. Instituto Nacional de Aviação Civil Receives Safety Award The National institute of Civil Aviation, I.P. (INAC, I.P.), Center of Aviation Medicine received the IFFR Safety Award 2011 from the International Fellowship of Flying Rotarians (IFFR) and the Aero Club of Portugal in December 2011. The award was given for the Center serving in a crucial flight safety role through prevention. The IFFR Flight Safety Award was established in 2008 for entities or individuals who have distinguished themselves in the field of aviation activities. —From www.inac.pt/vPT/Generico/Noticias/Noticias2011/Paginas/centrodemedicinaaeronauticarecebetrofeuiffrsafetyAward2011.aspx (press release in Portuguese). Want to See Your Company’s News Printed Here? Benefits include:
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